In the history of medicine, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Elisabeth Kübler-Ross as Swiss-American psychiatrist and pioneer in near-death studies (1926-2004).
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was born at Zurich in 1926. Her recorded nationality is Switzerland. She trained at University of Zurich and University of Colorado Denver Department of Medicine.
Antibiotics, imaging and the randomised trial defined twentieth-century medicine; evidence replaced authority as the standard.
Her posts were held at University of Chicago.
The recorded fields of work are palliative care, essay and near death experience.
Her principal contribution is On Death and Dying. The test of medical work is whether practice changed, not whether the argument was elegant.
That the work was done from Switzerland matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross died in 2004, aged 78. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Notable work: On Death and Dying
- Held posts at University of Chicago
- Fields: palliative care, essay and near death experience
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